Man, 50, fatally shot at front door in Hyde Park

Very, very sad. So close to the holidays. His poor daughters. I pray for his family during this tragic time. Not even safe to open your doors anymore...

Wow, Merry Christmas. Who can be against the death penalty in a situation like this?

Mayor Menino lives in Hyde Park - he won't like this

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I wonder if it was random, or gang related, or drug related. Not that it matters its still horrible.

Punishing is not the position of a crime that has already happened. The individual that did this was more than likely already in prison and was not rehabilitated as what prisons are supposed to do. The jails and prisons are creating monsters like this person. This incident could have been prevented, instead we look to punish. Imagine that this persons first crime was a bag of weed that cost 50.00 and he spent 6 months in jail, while in jail he was not shown the path to a successful healthy living, so all he learned was to destroy and punish as the jails and prisons do. Well he just punished someone else. Prisons are not suppose to punish, being in prison is the punishment. The rehab starts at the door upon entering. Now who is at fault ? Take a look at what is goin on in the prisions and tell me why this person did what he did.

It is unbelievable that you can't even answer your door without knowing if your going to be killed, raped, kidnapped, robbed. It makes me very angry that this is the world we are raising our children in. This is very sad, I will keep this family in my prayers. My heart goes out to his daughters, I myself have gone through this and know what it is like to loose your father to gun violence. Stay strong & remember the good times with him. God is our only judge and justice will be made here on earth or when the time comes. Remember that your father would have rather it be him than any 1 of his daughters.

Someone knocks on my door at 1:00 AM, last thing I'm gonna do is answer it.

toomanyprosecutions- "who's fault is it?" Its the person who pulled the trigger and killed that man you clown. Time to take some accountability. Who do you think is at fault, the gun maker, the school system, the prison rehab program. Of course its not the person who pulled the trigger. Please tell me your joking.

And if your not, Im sure you would have no problem helping this murderer sort things out, Im sure you wouldnt mind having him around you and your family.

Well...we COULD imagine all that stuff. OR, we could ask your politicians (yes, they're yours, I live in the western half of the state) to make it easier for law abiding citizens to be licensed to own a firearm instead of panicking at the thought as if a gun is an animate object with the power to commit crimes on it's own. I can't imagine traveling into Boston (which I do weekly) without a sidearm and yet the citizens of Boston, the ones who need them most, cannot lawfully be armed unless they have serious "conections." Oh, but don't worry, they've disarmed all you Bostonians for "your own good." Don't worry...the police will protect you. Just like they did this poor unfortunate. Meanwhile I'll trust myself and an HK .40.

So, its the prison's fault, not the murderer's? HA! Now that is some good hilarity hjinx! Boo Hoo, the shooter is such a victim, he was forced to go and shoot this guy because his feelings were hurt in prison.
Find this guy, fire up the wood chipper, and feed that garbage through it.

The solution to all of this killing, when someone is caught they should be airlifted right to the front lines of Iraq, and dropped right in the midst, with that same weapon they were so brave with. Do not stop @ any jails, any court houses, they get the same trial their victim was given.

GOOD POINT, tmp!

Let's not prosecute the killer at all. Or all his fellow street killers in Roxbury and Mattapan.
Let's empty the jails so all these poor misunderstood mischief-makers can roam free.
I am SURE that the murder rate will go DOWN, and innocent people won't be killed at all

Chris,
Death penalty? How is the nature of the crime relevant to the usefulness and efficiency of the death penalty? The system which investigates, suspects, apprehends and arraigns murderers is utterly imperfect. Honestly, even if you believed that in rare cases the death penalty is "fair" how can it be in a case where all any eye witness can say is that it was a "black man" wearing blue with white sleeves? People like you are too eager to "seek justice" even its potentially sought from people who may not deserve it. Justice should be blind, revenge shouldn't be.

I THINK ORLANDO IS ON THE WRONG PAGE

THEY'RE ARE SO MANY PITIFUL PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD

You have a good point "And justice for all" All these murderers need to be shipped to Iraq on the front lines, & let's see what their made of then. I bet they would be begging to come back home. GOD BLESS this family!

"Wow, Merry Christmas. Who can be against the death penalty in a situation like this?"

Chris - Let's think about that. Isn't that exactly what this shooter did? Punish this guy by killing him? Our system needs to teach by example. Unfortunately, the way our system works now, it's punish the offender then throw away the key, at least until the person completes his/her sentence. 97% are coming out. Unfortunately, prisons create criminals, they don't reform anyone. The more we incarcerate, the more crime we'll have.

Time for people to rethink this system IF you truly want to be safe.